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Re:Are Index Funds Communist? by jl2718 on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:22PM (#18935231)
False. Returns on passive investing are a positive feedback loop.

Unless the money supply is stable, and then only dividends matter. Right now, they hardly matter at all.

Re:Are Index Funds Communist? by kbutler on Thursday January 17, 2019 @07:48PM (#18936079)
That's a different feedback.

If you can allocate capital better than the index through an active investment (that is, you can find investments that give a better return), you will beat the index, so passive investors will want to invest with you instead - a negative feedback to indexing investment.